Mixing apparatus.



A. KEPPELER.

` MIXING APPARATUS. APPLICATION man MAR. 23, 1914.

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ADOLPH KEPPE'LER, or Burt-DE, MONTANA.

MIXING APPARATUS.

iaainaal Application filed March 23, 1914.-. Serial No. 826,581.

To all whom t may concern:

' Be it known that I, AnoLri-I KEPPELER, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 323 South Montana street, Butte, in the county ofSilverbow and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful1mprovements in'MiXing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in liquid agitatois, such asegg-beaters and drink-mixers, and its object is to provide an efficientagitator of simple construction which can be readily taken apart for'clean-l ing. i

This object is attained by the construetion illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in whichl Figure 1 is a side elevation of thedevice;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof, and Fig.

3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig.v1. Y

The agitator comprises a rotary beater 4L connected to an electric motor5, and a cage 6 inclosing the'rotary beater.

The cage 6 is formed of wires 7 secured at their lower ends to the edgeof a disk 8. The upper ends of the wires are secured to an outstandingflange 9 of a split ring 10v by passing the same through apertures inthe flange. The intermediate portions of the wires are bent out to givethe cage a substantially pear-shaped contour. The bottom of the motorcasing is provided with an Specication ofLetters Patent. Patented Eels.yS, i916.

nected at their lower ends to a disk 18, the i underside of which has apivot 19 stepped in a bearing aperture 2O in the upper face of the disk8. rThe wires 17 are( bent to conform to the contour of the cage 6,v andtheir upper ends are secured to a small disk 21 at the lower end of astem 22. The intermediate portions of the wires 17 pass throughapertures in a ring 23 whereby theyare held in proper relation. Theupperend of the stem 22 is secured by a` set screw 24; Vin a socket 25 in thelower end ofl the motor shaft 26.

1n use, the agitator is immersedV in a ves# sel containing the liquid orothermaterial to be acted upon and the motor is started, which willvcause the beater 1- to rotate. The

cage surrounding the beater prevents the, liquid in which the agitatoroperates from rotating in a body, and at the same time acts as a guardfor preventing the beater from hitting against the walls of the vessel.By removing thescrews 14:, the cage may be readily swung openand'removed from the l beaten v v I claim: Y An agitator comprising atubular support having an outstandingange at its eX- tremity; aring-clamped around. said support behind the flange, an open cagecarried by the ring and having a base portion formed ofv lsections whichare hinged together, a shaft passing through the tubular support, abeater carriedby the shaft, said beater being located in the cage, and abear shaft. Y In testimony whereof 1 aflix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.l

ing on one of the aforesaid base sections of the cage, said bearingsupporting the beater ADOLPH Knrrnnnn. i,

Witnesses:

N. FRANK LEONARD, CHARLES A. Fiske.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe i Gommss'ionerr of Patents, y

Washington, D. C.

